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General discussionNo Man's Sky isn't fully DRM-free(610 posts)(610 posts)
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Posted December 08, 2020
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rjbuffchix: Respectfully, I don't think it's this easy. There are too many people, either here on this site already, or elsewhere and viewed by GOG as a potential audience, who don't care about DRM or other such bad practices. And, anecdotally, I have curbed my buying habits on this site drastically, bought nothing recently, only to keep witnessing these practices get worse and worse.
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Lifthrasil: Yes, it seems that we are not enough anymore to make GOG reconsider. Still, that won't stop me from trying. I won't buy my games here anymore and rather support zoom-platform.com or other actually DRM-free platforms.
Yea, zoom platform is better too with a more straight forward installer that has no ads while installing and original game icons games came with.
Posted December 08, 2020
Man, I'm 10 hours late to the party! Somebody should've tagged me, I've been calling it for over 2 years now.
Posted December 09, 2020
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fronzelneekburm: Man, I'm 10 hours late to the party! Somebody should've tagged me, I've been calling it for over 2 years now.
Not bad. I‘d be happy if you could tell me the lottery numbers from next weekend. Please,use PM. Thanks. :)
Posted December 09, 2020
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john_hatcher: Not bad. I‘d be happy if you could tell me the lottery numbers from next weekend. Please,use PM. Thanks. :)
The lottery numbers are one, two, FIVE!
Posted December 26, 2020
Given GOG's failure to address this issue, I have left my review on the game's store page and I would encourage others who do not like to see DRM-ed games on GOG to do the same. The least we can do is to alert potential buyers to the fact that the game contains DRM and is therefore defective.

Wishlist entry, for anyone that hasn't yet voted:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/remove_no_mans_sky_unless_the_drm_is_removed
Posted January 07, 2021
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I addressed this issue in June 2020 by writing to support. My email from Jun 18, 2020, 13:11 GMT+2

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Dear GoG support,
I know, Corona, home office and more are sitting heavy on your shoulders, but we have to talk about No Man's Sky's recent updates. The game is clearly advertised by you by the term "DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play. " Now, this was true for NMS for quite a while, but as several customers pointed out in the forum (https://www.gog.com/forum/no_mans_sky/company_unwated), with the recent updates more and more elements of the game (quests, ships, items) are locked for players, even in single player mode, if not being online. This however violates in my opinion your GTC regarding the "no online connection required", which is still shown to new customers at the store page as a statement for the complete game, and not only for parts.
As we, your customers, have a contract with you when buying a game with given guarantees like those terms above, and publishers are in contract with you to providing software (games) according to your terms, I see it in your obligation to find the dialog with Hello Games to resolve this issue for those of your costumers which do not want to play the game online in single player mode.

Thank your for taking time for this.
With kind regards
[**NAME]
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was Answered on Sep 24, 2020, 9:27 GMT+2
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Hello [**NAME],
Apologies for the late reply.

As mentioned on the game page, some online components introduced in updates require Internet connection. Other than that the game is playable in offline mode.
I apologize if that is an inconvenience.

Kind regards,

Ross
GOG Customer Support
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So GOG doesn't seem to see the issue and I don't seem to buy here anymore. I guess parting ways is a solution if it doesn't work out anymore.
Posted January 08, 2021
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andreas.scholz: Hello [**NAME],
Apologies for the late reply.

As mentioned on the game page, some online components introduced in updates require Internet connection. Other than that the game is playable in offline mode.
I apologize if that is an inconvenience.

Kind regards,

Ross
GOG Customer Support
I find that response to be completely inadequate.
Posted January 08, 2021
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andreas.scholz: Hello [**NAME],
Apologies for the late reply.

As mentioned on the game page, some online components introduced in updates require Internet connection. Other than that the game is playable in offline mode.
I apologize if that is an inconvenience.

Kind regards,

Ross
GOG Customer Support
Wow. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us here.

So, other than for the DRM, the game is DRM-free!

New GOG is a bigger joke than New Coca-Cola was.
Posted January 08, 2021
Out of interest does this require an always on internet connection to access this content or is it unlocked after phoning home once?
Posted January 08, 2021
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andreas.scholz: was Answered on Sep 24, 2020, 9:27 GMT+2
It's an answer from 24th of September 2020, it's not like it's any new, if anything the post from the Gog mods is much newer than that.
Posted January 08, 2021
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Jigowatts121: Out of interest does this require an always on internet connection to access this content or is it unlocked after phoning home once?
pretty sure those elements require always on internet
Posted January 08, 2021
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Jigowatts121: Out of interest does this require an always on internet connection to access this content or is it unlocked after phoning home once?
This has been conflicting, I have read some people saying a one time online connection will unlock, others have said you always need to be online.

Modders have created a few mods though that allow access to the items without needing to go online though

https://www.gog.com/forum/no_mans_sky/quicksilver_for_offline_players

Check the above thread, some have also said a slight edit to your save file can also unlock the stuff.
Posted January 08, 2021
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rjbuffchix: New GOG is a bigger joke than New Coca-Cola was.
New Coke wasn't that bad but I didn't drink much soda, back then.

As for No Man's Sky, I don't understand why they can't or won't allow offline players to obtain all of the same items without us having to edit our saves. I'd rather not have to edit mine because it would feel like cheating. Hello Games is aware of the save editor, right? If the edit is as simple as I've heard, it doesn't make sense for Hello Games to not do what we want. It can't take more than a minute to make the change for the next update, can it?

I've tried politely asking to make the changes, but obviously nothing has happened yet. Going to wait a little longer before I think about changing it. It's a little disappointing that we'd have to do it to get those things.
Posted January 08, 2021
I would like to know what happened to GOG‘s request to Hello Games. Some blue said, that they were (still are?) in contact with Hello Games to talk about the problem.
Posted January 09, 2021
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john_hatcher: I would like to know what happened to GOG‘s request to Hello Games. Some blue said, that they were (still are?) in contact with Hello Games to talk about the problem.
Yeah, sure they're talking about it. Actually, thanks to my many sources, I have the last conversation written down here:

GOG: Can you believe it? Some people still believe we're a DRM-free store >laughs like the Joker<
Hello Games: Oh man, that's a good one. Anyway, we've got some new content coming up.
GOG: Great, we'll just run it by the Chinese, and see if they approve.
Hello Games: I think you meant to say you'll run it by "many gamers" >laughs<
GOG: >laugh< yeah, sure, that's what I said, right? >laughs<
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